# 10 U.S.C. § 4851: Defense memoranda of understanding and related agreements

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## Section

- **Citation:** 10 U.S.C. § 4851
- **Heading:** Defense memoranda of understanding and related agreements
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART V—ACQUISITION > Subpart I—Defense Industrial Base > CHAPTER 385—OTHER TECHNOLOGY BASE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER I—DEFENSE TRADE RECIPROCITY AND OFFSET POLICY

## Text

consider the effects of such existing or proposed memorandum of understanding or related agreement on the defense technology and industrial base of the United States; and

(Added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VIII, § 824 , Sept. 29, 1988 , 102 Stat. 2019 , § 2504; amended Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, § 815(a) , Nov. 29, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1500 ; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1453 , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1694 ; renumbered § 2531 and amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLII , §§ 4202(a), 4271(c), Oct. 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2659 , 2696; renumbered § 4851, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1870(b) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4284 .)

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